OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Fuirena scirpoidea   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fuirena scirpoidea   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Fuirena scirpoidea

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Umbrella-sedge


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image of Fuirena scirpoidea, Southern Umbrella-sedge

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmfscirpoidea_stjoe2

June    Gulf County    FL

Spikelets ovoid to lance-ovoid, apex blunt, per Flora of North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Fuirena scirpoidea   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fuirena scirpoidea   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fuirena scirpoidea

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2477

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Natural lakes, pineland depression ponds, wet pine savannas, marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia & possibly North Carolina

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, mostly sheath

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brownish
Nutlet

 

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